tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post1135367558575842299..comments2024-03-28T09:38:23.219-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Dozens of British Schools Send Back Free Boring ClassicsSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-66728622478642975052007-08-25T19:05:00.000-05:002007-08-25T19:05:00.000-05:00I think that's the perfect response to this kind o...I think that's the perfect response to this kind of stupidity, Jill. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-69834547149225353652007-08-25T14:55:00.000-05:002007-08-25T14:55:00.000-05:00As I used to say in passing to my sons when faced ...As I used to say in passing to my sons when faced with public stupidity, "I'm speechless, which, in this instance, is a very good thing..."Jill ONeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03348126772146456322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-76112578498189551752007-08-24T15:30:00.000-05:002007-08-24T15:30:00.000-05:00It really IS impossible to put yourself into the m...It really IS impossible to put yourself into the minds of the people who made the decision to reject the free books,isn't it? It's still hard for me to believe that they actually work with schoolchildren.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-88925377906009530972007-08-23T22:04:00.000-05:002007-08-23T22:04:00.000-05:00Wow. Mind boggling sums it up. They assusme the ki...Wow. Mind boggling sums it up. They assusme the kids won't read them and so they don't even want to stock them in the slim hope??? <BR/><BR/>It looks as if that survey is true. One in four people never read a single book all year long last year. (USA, granted.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-29014367264727699802007-08-23T13:11:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:11:00.000-05:00Eva - I find it impossible to understand what thes...Eva - I find it impossible to understand what these people were thinking. They embarrassed themselves, for sure. I think that your future children will be readers with a parent like you...nothing to worry about.<BR/><BR/>Maggie - I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to the system and teachers that exposed us to the real thing rather than taking the easy way out. We apparently were luckier Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-6168581648852936692007-08-23T10:31:00.000-05:002007-08-23T10:31:00.000-05:00AAAUUGH!! This physically hurts. I was trying to...AAAUUGH!! This physically hurts. I was trying to tell my mother and I stuttered; I didn't even have words. <BR/><BR/>Japanese Manga are comics!! They turned down tried and true (and mostly popular, I might add) classics so their students could read comics!! <BR/><BR/>I just went on a 30 minute rant to my mom about this, so I won't do it here, but this makes me want to yell, scream, cry, Janda/Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754631494233387294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-49021559573051047232007-08-22T21:31:00.000-05:002007-08-22T21:31:00.000-05:00What the? I'm so confused! They were free! Why sen...What the? I'm so confused! They were free! Why send back something that was free, just because you assume they won't leap off the shelves in hordes?Deweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395712971920800717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-50158245693405370132007-08-22T18:24:00.000-05:002007-08-22T18:24:00.000-05:00Now, I feel all superior to those lazy reading Bri...Now, I feel all superior to those lazy reading Brits. I mean, come-on, I had to read <I>Iliad</I> and <I>The odyssey</I> in 7th grade and in a public school! <BR/><BR/>High-five, knuckles, fancy handshake coming at-ya Mr. Apple for making us read boring classics! :Dmaggie moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462439415973311990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-73072863814973858262007-08-22T16:41:00.000-05:002007-08-22T16:41:00.000-05:00This almost made me cry, since you chose P&P as th...This almost made me cry, since you chose P&P as the picture. Very sad. I hope my (future) children will want to read classics.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-3453238163815281192007-08-21T14:03:00.000-05:002007-08-21T14:03:00.000-05:00Stephanie - I think we'd all be in line for a box ...Stephanie - I think we'd all be in line for a box of 300 books if the schools don't want them. I have to admit that was my first thought, too.<BR/><BR/>Jenclair - I think those librarians are in the wrong business. They seem to have given up and don't want to challenge the kids anymore. They should quit and walk away before they do any more damage to the students, IMO.<BR/><BR/>Matt - I Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-25786623322759953042007-08-21T13:16:00.000-05:002007-08-21T13:16:00.000-05:00I am absolutely shocked. I read "Jane Eyre" when ...I am absolutely shocked. I read "Jane Eyre" when I was 12, but didn't fully appreciate it until I was in my 40s. However, I read "Wuthering Heights" many times during my teen years, LOVED IT!! It was my favorite novel of my teens, all that emotional angst...what's not to love for a teenage girl??!! Did I mention I LOVED IT!!?<BR/><BR/>How sad kids today don't appreciate classic literature. Laura Stampshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09787962821365250964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-20907232975410636342007-08-21T11:57:00.000-05:002007-08-21T11:57:00.000-05:00AAAaaaaaaaaAAAAAUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!AAAaaaaaaaaAAAAAUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-35624000708341097662007-08-21T11:30:00.000-05:002007-08-21T11:30:00.000-05:00Well this is thoroughly disheartening. Thanks for ...Well this is thoroughly disheartening. Thanks for posting; I doubt I would have ready about it here in the States.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-29805670169050085002007-08-21T11:16:00.000-05:002007-08-21T11:16:00.000-05:00I think I can find room in my house for a set of t...I think I can find room in my house for a set of those books that were sent back. I may have not picked out some of these books to read in school but that doesn't mean I wasn't grateful for having read them. Sometimes children need to be made to do something which they will appreciate later. At least I have to tell myself that as a parent or I wouldn't dare to have children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-42734021822634725832007-08-21T10:13:00.000-05:002007-08-21T10:13:00.000-05:00I had seen something else referring to both facult...I had seen something else referring to both faculties and librarians in England thinking classics were too difficult and too boring. It may have been related to this, but I find it difficult to believe that anyone in education could make such remarks. Especially in the face of such a generous gift!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-69938789244270373022007-08-21T09:37:00.000-05:002007-08-21T09:37:00.000-05:00How incredibly sad! Sure, not all kids will be r...How incredibly sad! Sure, not all kids will be rocked by Dickins or Austen, but that doesn't mean you should SEND THEM BACK! Where can I sign up for some of those books???Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055676171075203563noreply@blogger.com